NBD! Musicman makes nice stuff.

[glocke1]

The fingerboard is what i don't like and understand.

I think it looks great. Obviously or I wouldn’t have bought it.

what don’t you like about it?

 

[Les Fret]

Amazing fingerboard!!
What wood is that?

 

[nilorius]

I think it looks great. Obviously or I wouldn’t have bought it.

what don’t you like about it?

How it looks like - it's like lined not properly. As it is freless, it shure got some discomfort when looking at it and playing.

 

[MattZilla]

price is $2500.00 list. Who would you get a custom from fir that?

I don’t understand why you wouldn’t mention the builder

Someone who is either building as a hobby or someone who is paying themselves poverty wages for the privilege of calling themselves an instrument builder. Either way, it's someone with whom the risk is very real of the bass taking fifteen years to build.

 

[glocke1]

Amazing fingerboard!!
What wood is that?

roasted maple
Ball Family Reserve | Ernie Ball Music Man

 

[MattZilla]

I'll second that. I've never picked up a new EBMM that didn't feel and sound great. I can say the same thing about Ibanez at a fraction of the cost, though...

About Ibanez, I cannot. At a fraction of EBMM's costs they're consistently better than a Squier Affinity, but their consistent "great" doesn't start till you hit $2500USD2019C.E.

What's laughable is some people's inability to understand that a comment (a personal preference) on the pricing policy of a company they're not even affiliated with, isn't usually considered casus belli, or a directed attack against those who choose to spend their money on that product.

I'm curious about your choice to go into a MM thread just to say "I think that spending $2000 on a bass which would be difficult to sell for more than $800 would be a better idea than spending $2500 on a bass which would be easy to sell for $2000... because uniqueness in color and/or electronics is of higher importance to me than having an instrument's functional quality be better than good enough."

By "I'm curious" I actually mean to accuse you of intentionally trolling this and other threads whose main topic is instruments exceptionally well constructed en masse with small options lists. This is akin to going into effects threads and replying that you actually prefer to plug straight into your amp.

 

[JoshS]

Congrats, OP. Cool bass for sure.

 

[Passinwind]

The fingerboard is what i don't like and understand.

It's exactly what makes me like that bass so much. Vive la difference.

@glocke1, hope it brings you that better playing situation you've been looking for!

 

[Mikey F]

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They make exceptional instruments. They are the best mass produced factory bass makers of any I have tried.

If you ever want to sell that, hit me up.

 

[LowRick]

The one pickup won't disappoint.

I play a SBMM Ray 35 and I love it. Always look at people with j or pj basses with some jealousy, but the thing is, actually the one MM pickup is very versatile and very clear sounding.As

with any bass... If you got the means and the opportunity, DO IT!

 

[waynobass]

My only beef with new production Stings is that ridiculous naked gun oil neck finish thing. I hate the look and feel. I prefer high gloss poly, even on necks. I love my 2014 Sting 4, but the neck always looks dingy to me. Yeah, I know I can get gloss poly on a Classic, but I prefer everything else about the newer ones.

Maybe try to trade necks with a Classic owner who would prefer the gun oil finish?

 

[Briton]

Congrats!........Outstanding Neck!

 

[Mike Whitfield]

Never owned a MusicMan but it seems to me that, like PRS, this is a company who gets premium prices because their quality is consistently flawless. So I really doubt any custom bass for the same money is going to play any better. (Or for that matter, I doubt that any major name Japanese production instrument won't be comparable.) Looks to me that this example is also visually as striking as any custom bass one is likely to find in that price range. That said, I also don't see why this choice or the opposite choice really causes anyone heartburn.

Full disclosure, I'm trying to chase down via a friend of a friend of a friend a used MusicMan bass which is (supposedly) going to be offered cheap, so I may be biased despite never having owned one. And THAT said, Warmoth always struck me as more buffet than boutique; unless one really really wants some odd combination, personally I'm not seeing the point. Kinda like buying from an unknown builder - you'd better love it because if you don't, you'll take a bath on resale no matter how big "custom bass" is spelled out.

 

[selowitch]

t seems to me that, like PRS, this is a company who gets premium prices because their quality is consistently flawless.

Using my incredibly scientifically precise sample size of exactly one, I can tell you that I love my 2010 PRS SE 277 Baritone—a sublimely amazing guitar—and my 2001 EBMM StingRay 5H that I play just about every day.

 

[Mike Whitfield]

Using my incredibly scientifically precise sample size of exactly one, I can tell you that I love my 2010 PRS SE 277 Baritone—a sublimely amazing guitar—and my 2001 EBMM StingRay 5H that I play just about every day.

There we have it - definite scientific proof.

 

[glocke1]

Pics after we got home. Played this fir a good two hours last night. Really Never thought finding notes could be so easy. the upper register needs some work but anything below the octave is a breeze to find.

 

[Mike Whitfield]

Pics after we got home. Played this fir a good two hours last night. Really Never thought finding notes could be so easy. the upper register needs some work but anything below the octave is a breeze to find.

Gorgeous!

 

[muggsy]

That neck is incredible. I have a Bongo w roasted maple neck that I ordered new, and I was dreaming the neck might have that sort of figuring. Spoiler alert: it doesn't. Congrats!

 

[Passinwind]

Pics after we got home. Played this for a good two hours last night. Really never thought finding notes could be so easy. The upper register needs some work but anything below the octave is a breeze to find.

Is this your first fretless?

 

[five7]

Beautiful! congrats on a limited edition, as close to custom as MM gets.